Thanks for that. I couldn’t find out much about the history of the line other that there were early wagonways in the area on part of whose trackbed it may have been built, or when exactly those BR goods services ended.

I think Joe Brown could be on to something here, where is the oddest place anyone has spotted an LR train in the British Isles, excluding the IoW and the battery conversions.

Crécy RAIL Joe Brown Alderney

This was also suggested by Robert Flute. Never heard of these before. I did see Alderney from thé very top of the Cherbourg peninsula last month and was surprised both by how close it was to France and how far away from the other Channel Islands it was.

Please pay a visit if you are in the area or fancy a good day out!

Crécy RAIL Robert Flute The other place quite some years back was Chatham Historic Dockyard where 2 tube cars were loco hauled about by a steam loco as a tourist attraction

#OnThisDay 158 years ago the Great Northern Railway opened from Finsbury Park to Edgware via Crouch Hill, Highgate, East Finchley, Finchley Central and Mill Hill East. Part survives as Northern Line but the remainder's postwar conversion by LT was aborted buff.ly/W61yeBR

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Joe Brown Crécy RAIL Get it right, Joseph. It's official name is the Canary Wharf Rollercoaster. #Weeeee

Quelle ambiance devait régner dans l'exiguë gare de =>#Dieppe-Maritime (76) située en cœur de ville jusqu'en 94 ! Ici une =>#vapeur =>#231D en 06-64 pour un convoi vers Paris-Saint-Lazare. 📷TrainsandTravel, source : Flickr flic.kr/p/ffYz1B

Iron Bridge and Broseley station, August 1961 The station was opened in 1862 on a section of the Severn Valley Line, north of Bridgnorth. The signal box controlled railway traffic around the station and the level crossing that lead to the Iron Bridge. On 9 November 1895 the

I've been busy with the scanner this afternoon. For starters, No 4080 Powderham Castle, then allocated to Westbury, is seen at Dorchester Junction with a Paddington to Weymouth train in August 1951.

A photo from 1952 at Bury Place, London. A traffic jam of double decker buses and vintage cars next to a ‘Fountain Pens Repaired While You Wait’ sign.

#OnThisDay 65 years ago Manchester Mayfield closed. It was effectively an overspill to relieve nearby Piccadilly; after closure it was derelict for 10 years before reopening as a parcels depot between 1970-1986. JW Sutherland image a month before closure buff.ly/yWztykl

Horsehay and Dawley Railway Station, 1950 Horsehay and Dawley Railway Station was built by the Wellington and Severn Junction Railway and opened in 1859. It consisted of one platform with a signal box at the end of the platform controlling access to the goods yard. As there was

Think this is the first example of a LT&SR loco I've found in the files. 3P 4-4-2T No 41975 leaves Luffenham with the 2.57pm Seaton to Stamford Town service on 31 May 1958. One of only 14 on BR's books in 1957, this was a MR/LMS development of a Whitelegg design dating from 1897

The new 4th edition of Rail Atlas Then and Now has just arrived at the warehouse. This is a really useful volume which contrasts the network in 1923 with that remains today. The 'Now' maps have been fully revised and updated for the new edition. crecy.co.uk/product/railwa…

A superb photo of a very well presented B17, No 61635 Milton, passing through Pinchbeck, north of Spalding, with a Harwich to Liverpool service in July 1951. The large 6ft 8in driving wheels of these handsome locos, introduced in 1928, are shown to good effect in the picture.

January 1991 and D44 and D376 are seen on an enthusiasts tour at Clontarf Garage, The late great Michael Corcoran seen in front of D376. #d376 #d44

En homage to Michael Corcoran, I published his definitive history of Dublin’s tramways, Through Streets Broad and Narrow, lovely man, hugely knowledgeable, great book. Crecy now holds the rights to this title, maybe, just maybe, we could bring it back in print some time.